• 272nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 339 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kōng (kong1)empty • air • sky • in vain
2. kòng (kong4)to empty • vacant • unoccupied • space • leisure • free time

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kōng (kong1)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for kòng (kong4)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

天空 
星空 
时空 (時空)
有空 
空气 (空氣)
空虚 (空虛)
空调 (空調)
空间 (空間)
航空 

Uncommon

上空 
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
半空 
填空 
夜空 
天马行空 (天馬行空)
太空 
孙悟空 (孫悟空)
悟空 
抽空 
挖空 
横空 (橫空)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
清空 
真空 
空中 
空位 
空前 
空姐 
空想 
空战 (空戰)
空手 
空旷 (空曠)
空洞 
空无一人 (空無一人)
空白 
空空 
空空荡荡 (空空盪盪)
空腹 
空落落 
空荡荡 (空蕩蕩)
空话 (空話)
空军 (空軍)
空运 (空運)
空闲 (空閒)
空降 
空隙 
空头 (空頭)
空余 (空餘)
落空 
虚空 (虛空)
镂空 (鏤空)
腾空 (騰空)
高空 

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  • 325th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 290 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ge2)square • frame • rule • (legal) case • style • character • standard • pattern • (classical) to obstruct • to hinder • (classical) to arrive • to come • (classical) to investigate • to study exhaustively

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ge2)The component is pronounced as '' (ge4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

人格 
价格 (價格)
性格 
格外 
格格 
资格 (資格)
风格 (風格)

Uncommon

出格 
及格 
合格 
品格 
严格 (嚴格)
定格 
布拉格 
格子 
格局 
格式 
格式化 
格林 
格格不入 
格言 
格调 (格調)
格斗 (格鬥)
空格 
英格兰 (英格蘭)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)
表格 
规格 (規格)
香格里拉 
体格 (體格)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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